Motion Picture Association EMEA

MPA EMEA

Founded as a trade association, the MPA (1922) and the MPA EMEA (1945) have broadened their mandate over the years to reflect the diversity of the ever-changing and expanding audiovisual industry.

Lobbying Activity

Meeting with Seán Kelly (Member of the European Parliament)

27 Nov 2025 · Discussing state of Irish motion picture industry and European supports and opportunities

Meeting with Piotr Müller (Member of the European Parliament)

24 Nov 2025 · Digital Fairness Act

Meeting with David Cormand (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and IMPALA Association Internationale AISBL

22 Oct 2025 · Copyright/authors’ rights and broader Intellectual Property Policy

Meeting with Sergey Lagodinsky (Member of the European Parliament)

16 Oct 2025 · Exchange of Views

Meeting with Maravillas Abadía Jover (Member of the European Parliament)

16 Oct 2025 · INI Copyright & AI

Meeting with Kosma Złotowski (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

7 Oct 2025 · Copyright and generative artificial intelligence

Meeting with Sabine Verheyen (Member of the European Parliament)

24 Sept 2025 · Media Policy

Meeting with Maria Guzenina (Member of the European Parliament)

17 Sept 2025 · Current affairs

Meeting with Jörgen Warborn (Member of the European Parliament) and

11 Sept 2025 · GenAI and Copyright

Meeting with Adrián Vázquez Lázara (Member of the European Parliament)

9 Sept 2025 · Geo-blocking, AI, and copyright enforcement in the audiovisual sector

Meeting with Henna Virkkunen (Executive Vice-President) and

4 Sept 2025 · Media services and AI matters

Meeting with Henna Virkkunen (Executive Vice-President) and

4 Sept 2025 · Roundtable with representatives of the media industry

Meeting with Michael McGrath (Commissioner) and

3 Sept 2025 · Exchange of views on the forthcoming Digital Fairness Act and Democracy Shield

Response to Digital Networks Act

11 Jul 2025

Meeting with Angelika Winzig (Member of the European Parliament)

8 Jul 2025 · Meeting with a representative of Motion Pictures Association

Meeting with Hannes Heide (Member of the European Parliament)

23 Jun 2025 · Keynote and Guided Visit

Meeting with Laurence Farreng (Member of the European Parliament) and

26 May 2025 · Mission de la Commission CULT à Los Angeles

Meeting with Cynthia Ní Mhurchú (Member of the European Parliament)

22 May 2025 · Introduction

Meeting with Thomas Schmitz (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Henna Virkkunen)

22 May 2025 · Audiovisual industry

Meeting with Marcos Ros Sempere (Member of the European Parliament)

21 May 2025 · Meeting with Motion Pictures Association

Meeting with Manuela Ripa (Member of the European Parliament)

15 May 2025 · AI, creators' rights

Meeting with Giorgio Gori (Member of the European Parliament)

7 May 2025 · Upcoming Digital Networks Act

Meeting with Axel Voss (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and

6 May 2025 · Copyright and generative AI

Meeting with Jörgen Warborn (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

1 Apr 2025 · Digital infrastructure

Meeting with Daniel Attard (Member of the European Parliament)

1 Apr 2025 · Film Industry in Europe

Meeting with Maria Guzenina (Member of the European Parliament)

26 Mar 2025 · CULT priorities

Meeting with Egelyn Braun (Cabinet of Commissioner Michael McGrath), Simona Constantin (Cabinet of Commissioner Michael McGrath)

24 Mar 2025 · Exchange of views on the forthcoming Digital Fairness Act, the Democracy Shield and European Media Freedom Act

Meeting with Marco Giorello (Head of Unit Communications Networks, Content and Technology) and

13 Mar 2025 · Code of Conduct on Online Advertising – Workshop 3

Meeting with Kateřina Konečná (Member of the European Parliament)

5 Mar 2025 · Introduction of priorities

Meeting with Marco Giorello (Head of Unit Communications Networks, Content and Technology) and

4 Mar 2025 · Code of Conduct on Online Advertising – Workshop 1

Meeting with Joanna Scheuring-Wielgus (Member of the European Parliament)

27 Feb 2025 · Network fees & the AV sector

Meeting with Aura Salla (Member of the European Parliament)

11 Feb 2025 · Platform companies dominant role in the industry and the issues motion picture companies are facing in EU legislation

Response to Single Market Strategy 2025

31 Jan 2025

Meeting with Marco Squarta (Member of the European Parliament)

22 Jan 2025 · Introduction meeting and discussion about networking fees, geoblocking, copyright directive

Meeting with Zala Tomašič (Member of the European Parliament)

21 Jan 2025 · Audiovisual sector

Meeting with Lara Wolters (Member of the European Parliament)

21 Jan 2025 · Copyright and IP

Meeting with Birgit Sippel (Member of the European Parliament)

14 Jan 2025 · Artificial Intelligence and Copyright (Staff-level)

Meeting with Axel Voss (Member of the European Parliament)

18 Dec 2024 · Digital files

Meeting with Nikola Minchev (Member of the European Parliament)

17 Dec 2024 · Meeting

Meeting with Pablo Arias Echeverría (Member of the European Parliament)

11 Dec 2024 · s important IMCO legislative initiatives and issues affecting audiovisual services for the next EU term, among others Geoblocking regulation revision

Meeting with Zoltán Tarr (Member of the European Parliament)

10 Dec 2024 · Artificial Intelligence, content protection, and connectivity within the audiovisual sector

Meeting with Michael Mcnamara (Member of the European Parliament)

4 Dec 2024 · Issues affecting the audiovisual sector

Meeting with Borys Budka (Member of the European Parliament, Committee chair)

27 Nov 2024 · Geoblocking

Meeting with Leila Chaibi (Member of the European Parliament)

26 Nov 2024 · IMCO files

Meeting with Raquel García Hermida-Van Der Walle (Member of the European Parliament)

4 Nov 2024 · Regional film

Meeting with Mario Furore (Member of the European Parliament) and NBCUniversal International

28 Oct 2024 · Incontro conoscitivo

Meeting with Victor Negrescu (Member of the European Parliament)

9 Oct 2024 · EU policies regarding the film industry

Meeting with Elisabeth Grossmann (Member of the European Parliament)

8 Oct 2024 · informal exchange

Meeting with Sandro Ruotolo (Member of the European Parliament) and EUROCINEMA, Association de producteurs de cinéma et de télévision

3 Oct 2024 · Cult priorities 2024-2029

Meeting with Laura Ballarín Cereza (Member of the European Parliament) and Alstom

2 Oct 2024 · Priorities for the mandate 2024-2029

Meeting with Maria Guzenina (Member of the European Parliament)

18 Sept 2024 · Regulation of media industries

Meeting with Hristo Petrov (Member of the European Parliament)

17 Sept 2024 · Introductory Meeting

Meeting with Geoffroy Didier (Member of the European Parliament)

19 Mar 2024 · Réglementation des acteurs de l'audiovisuel et lutte contre le piratage

Meeting with Marie Frenay (Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová) and

5 Feb 2024 · Future of connectivity

Meeting with Geoffroy Didier (Member of the European Parliament) and Association of Commercial Television and Video on Demand Services in Europe

12 Dec 2023 · Territorialité des droits d'auteur et Géoblocage des contenus audiovisuels

Meeting with Anna-Michelle Asimakopoulou (Member of the European Parliament)

7 Dec 2023 · Geoblocking

Meeting with Sonya Gospodinova (Cabinet of Commissioner Iliana Ivanova)

30 Nov 2023 · MPA EMEA's position on potential legislative obligation to pay network fees and on its impact on streaming content and services

Meeting with Miapetra Kumpula-Natri (Member of the European Parliament)

12 Oct 2023 · Digita network act

Meeting with Eleonora Ocello (Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton)

2 Oct 2023 · Media, audio-visual, telecoms policy and copyright

Meeting with Brando Benifei (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

19 Jul 2023 · AI Act and deepfakes

Meeting with Krzysztof Hetman (Member of the European Parliament)

4 May 2023 · Exchange of views on Media Freeom Act (meeting delegated to parliamentary assistant)

Meeting with Daniel Freund (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur for opinion)

24 Apr 2023 · European Media Freedom Act (staff level)

Meeting with Petra Kammerevert (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and

9 Mar 2023 · Media Freedom Act

Meeting with Paul Tang (Member of the European Parliament) and

26 Feb 2023 · Participant at EIF-GSMA Roundtable discussion: "‘Connecting Europe to its 2030 Digital Decade Targets’"

Meeting with Pascal Arimont (Member of the European Parliament)

7 Nov 2022 · Artificial Intelligence Act and Geo-blocking in relation to audiovisual media

Meeting with Sylvie Brunet (Member of the European Parliament)

12 Oct 2022 · Artificial Intelligence

Meeting with Ibán García Del Blanco (Member of the European Parliament)

6 Oct 2022 · Exchange of views on the audiovisual sector

Meeting with Axel Voss (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and

31 Aug 2022 · AI Act

Meeting with Marc Angel (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

5 Jul 2022 · Audiovisual Media Services Directive

Meeting with Karen Melchior (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

23 May 2022 · AI Act

Meeting with Thierry Breton (Commissioner) and

23 Feb 2022 · DSA, geoblocking and audiovisual dialogue

Meeting with Werner Stengg (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager)

29 Sept 2020 · Discussion on Digital Services Act

Meeting with Agnieszka Skonieczna (Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton) and

24 Aug 2020 · Impact of COVID-19 and recovery measures for the media and audiovisual ecosystem

Meeting with Alina-Stefania Ujupan (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager), Michele Piergiovanni (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager)

18 Feb 2020 · Digital Services Act; Copyright; Audiovisual industry

Meeting with Didier Reynders (Commissioner) and

18 Feb 2020 · Presentation of the company's activities & issues relevant for JUST portofolio

Meeting with Thierry Breton (Commissioner) and

17 Feb 2020 · Exchange on global platform responsibilities and audio-visual and media policy

Meeting with Szabolcs Horvath (Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics)

1 Oct 2019 · Commission’s upcoming work on digital policy, including the Digital Services Act and the evaluation of the Geoblocking Regulation

Meeting with Mariya Gabriel (Commissioner)

5 Sept 2018 · Copyright

Meeting with Manuel Mateo Goyet (Cabinet of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel)

16 Oct 2017 · Copyright and audiovisual issues

Meeting with Szabolcs Horvath (Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics)

4 Oct 2017 · Digital single market, copyright reform

Meeting with Kamila Kloc (Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip)

15 Jun 2017 · Geoblocking proposal

Meeting with Roberto Viola (Director-General Communications Networks, Content and Technology)

25 Jul 2016 · Review of the Satellite and Cable Directive and Exceptions & Limitations

Meeting with Anna Herold (Digital Economy)

18 Jul 2016 · copyright

Meeting with Stig Joergen Gren (Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip)

15 Jul 2016 · SatCab directive

Meeting with Günther Oettinger (Commissioner) and

8 Jul 2016 · Value gap

Meeting with Andrus Ansip (Vice-President) and

9 Feb 2016 · Copyright, cross border access to online content, AVMSD

Meeting with Bernardus Smulders (Cabinet of First Vice-President Frans Timmermans) and

14 Jan 2016 · AECA Round-Table on “Dealing with Regulatory Burden

Meeting with Roberto Viola (Director-General Communications Networks, Content and Technology)

13 Jan 2016 · Portability - Geoblocking - DSM

Meeting with Anna Herold (Digital Economy)

24 Jun 2015 · DSM, copyright

Meeting with Anna Herold (Digital Economy)

7 May 2015 · copyright

Meeting with Jonathan Michael Hill (Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics)

30 Apr 2015 · Digital Single Market

Meeting with Jonathan Michael Hill (Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics)

29 Apr 2015 · Meeting on Digital Single Market

Meeting with Michael Hager (Digital Economy)

1 Apr 2015 · DSM / copyright

Meeting with Andrus Ansip (Vice-President) and

31 Mar 2015 · Copyright

Meeting with Stig Joergen Gren (Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip)

30 Mar 2015 · Copyright

Meeting with Robert Madelin (Director-General Communications Networks, Content and Technology)

17 Mar 2015 · DSM, AVMSD

Meeting with Pauline Rouch (Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker)

6 Jan 2015 · Digital Single Market